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Pages: 27. Chapters: Jet Li, Sammo Hung, Leslie Cheung, Tony Leung
Chiu-Wai, Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor, Andy Lau, Stephen
Chow, Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang, Tony Leung Ka-fai, Simon Yam, Sean
Lau, Danny Lee, Michael Hui, Kent Cheng, Karl Maka, Roy Chiao.
Excerpt: Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing (12 September 1956 - 1 April
2003), nicknamed elder brother ( ), was a film actor and musician
from Hong Kong. Cheung was considered as "one of the founding
fathers of Cantopop," and "combining a hugely successful film and
music career." In 2000, Cheung was named Asian Biggest Superstar by
China Central Television, and voted/ranked the 1st as The Most
Favorite Actor in 100 Years of Chinese Cinema in 2005. Recently, he
was voted the third of the CNN's "top five most iconic musician of
all time" placing behind Michael Jackson and The Beatles. Leslie
Cheung Kwok-Wing was born in Kowloon, Hong Kong. His birth name was
Cheung Fat-chung ( ), which was later changed to Cheung Kwok-Wing.
Cheung was the youngest of ten children in a middle-class Hakka
family. Cheung Wut Hoi, his father, was a fairly well known tailor,
whose customers included the American actors William Holden and
Cary Grant. His parents divorced when he was quite young. While in
Hong Kong, Cheung attended Rosaryhill School (Stubbs Road, Hong
Kong). At the age of 13, he was sent to England as a boarder at
Eccles Hall School. After completing his secondary education, he
obtained a scholarship for undergraduate course of studies in
Textiles at University of Leeds. He worked as a bartender at his
relatives' restaurant and sang during the weekends. It was around
this period that he chose his name, "Leslie." According to Cheung,
he chose this name because "I love the film Gone with the Wind. And
I like Leslie Howard. The name can be a man's or woman's, it's very
unisex, so I like...